The Odyssey by Homer | Resources

The Odyssey Sources for Further Study

Biers, William R. The Archaeology of Greece' An Introduction. Cornell University Press, 1980.

A good basic introduction to Greek archaeology. Many illustrations.

Camps, William A An Introduction to Homer. Oxford University Press, 1980.

A good overview of Homer and his work, not too technical, and with notes on important points in both poems

Easterling, P. E, and Knox, B. M. W., editors, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Volume I, Part I, "Early Greek Poetry." Cambridge University Press, 1989

A brief, though somewhat technical, overview of the earliest Greek writers to have survived. This volume is the first in a series by Cambridge that covers the whole history of Greek literature through the Hellenistic period and into the empire

Griffin, Jasper. Homer. The Odyssey (Landmarks of World Literature series). Cambridge University Press, 1987.

A convenient, affordable,...
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